At last, here is a comprehensive cookbook to the hottest eating plan around! The Paleo diet—known in some circles as the “Caveman Diet”—is an eating plan based on evolutionary biology and backed up by medical research. Unlike other diets which can incorporate fake, processed foods and artificial sweeteners, the Paleo diet is based on what our ancestors ate: lean meats and fish, nuts and seeds, and naturally grown fruits and vegetables. Low-carb queen and bestselling author Dana Carpender shows how to stay the Paleo diet course deliciously with 500 easy-to-prepare recipes for everything Paleo from appetizers, to main dishes, to desserts.

"It's happened before--the dreaded weight-loss plateau can linger for what seems like forever. Get your jumpstart with Dana Carpender's 200 Low-Carb, High-Fat Recipes and you'll be on your way to a healthier lifestyle in no time. First introduced by Dr. Atkins, "fat fasts" were used as a powerful tool to help fight against most metabolic challenges. By eating delicious foods that are low in carbohydrates and high in saturated fats, it's easy to shed stubborn weight that could not be lost during the Atkins Induction Phase. Referred to as Nutritonal Ketosis (NT), such a diet increases your metabolism, allowing your body to use stored body fat. The result allows you to live a longer and healthier life with greater amounts of energy. Dana Carpender, bestselling author of 500 Paleo Recipes and 1001 Low-Carb Recipes will guide you through important questions like: Why Low Carb/High Fat? Why May I Need to Eat Less Protein? What Are Good Fats? In 200 Low-Carb, High-Fat Recipes you get tips for creating low-carb/high-fat meals, and find out why three meals a day may not be needed! With 200 recipes, including soups, breakfasts, appetizers, sides and sauces, you'll never be cooked for delicious ideas!"--

The low-carb lifestyle continues to be a popular choice among those trying to lose weight through the ketodiet, resolve insulin resistance, and combat pre-diabetes and Diabetes. Those in the gluten-free and Paleo/Primal diet communities are also searching for recipes with that, help the gut, work with their lifestyle and benefit their health. Foods that are high in fat and low in carbs are, in some cases, just what the doctor ordered. Bestselling low-carb author and advocate, Dana Carpender, strips away the carbohydrates (grains and starches) and reveals 200 of her best ultra-low carb recipes for those who are looking to take their low-carb lifestyle to the next level. These recipes have been recipes updated to be Paleo/Primal-friendly, featuring no artificial sweeteners, gluten, or other processed ingredients. The official cookbook of HEAL Diabetes and Medical Weight Loss Centers, founded by Dr. Eric Westman, this book has 200 recipes to jumpstart your nutrition and get you on the path to a healthier, happier you.

Jump-Start Your Low Carb Weight Loss with Fat Fast Cookbook! Are you having trouble losing weight, even on the Atkins Induction phase? Have you lost weight successfully on low carb, but hit a plateau or started to regain weight even though you’re still following your low carb diet? Are you looking for a way to add more healthy fat to your low carb diet? If you suspect you’ve been doing something wrong, we’ve got your solution. Introducing your new low carb weight loss tools: The Fat Fast and Nutritional Ketosis. Your Weight Loss Stall Is Not Your Fault For years you’ve been told that eating fat makes you fat and that a calorie is a calorie is a calorie. Anyone who understands the science of Low Carb dieting knows this is just not true. Prepare to have your mind blown! Who would have thought that the fastest way to lose fat – while maintaining muscle mass – was to eat mostly fat?! In testing, the Fat Fast (also called the Atkins Fat Fast) – 1,000 calories per day, 90% from pure fat – resulted in average fat loss – not just weight loss, but fat loss – of over a pound per day! It’s a radical, short-term strategy, but boy, does it work. The Fat Fast Cookbook includes 50 fabulous low carb, high fat recipes that can help you break your weight loss stall or help your body become keto-adapted, catapulting you into Nutritional Ketosis. It does this with 50 great recipes to help you implement the Fat Fast. Break Your Weight Loss Stall with the Atkins Fat Fast Popularized by Dr. Robert Atkins in his book Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution, the Fat Fast is the most powerful tool for getting metabolically resistant low carb dieters back into Nutritional Ketosis and restarting their low carb weight loss. Restart Your Low Carb Weight Loss With Nutritional Ketosis Nutritional Ketosis is a metabolic state in which we use stored body fat for energy. The Fat Fast helps low carbers break weight loss plateaus and rapidly get back to burning fat for fuel when they have gone off plan. Fat Fast Cookbook is a collection of healthy Low Carb / High Fat recipes created by best-selling author Dana Carpender with contributions by Amy Dungan of Healthy Low Carb Living (HealthyLowCarbLiving.com), and Rebecca Latham of My Low Carb Road to Better Health (lowcarbbetterhealth.blogspot.com), with photography by Amy Dungan and Jeff Guyer. Here’s What You’ll Get In The Fat Fast Cookbook 50 Delicious Low Carb / High Fat Recipes: These quick and easy-to-prepare recipes are written by Dana Carpender, Managing Editor of CarbSmart and author of 500 Paleo Recipes with contributions by low carb bloggers Amy Dungan and Rebecca Latham. The Science Behind the Fat Fast: Dana Carpender explains the science of the Fat Fast, it’s history and why and how it works. Using the Fat Fast in Your Low Carb Lifestyle: The Fat Fast is a short-term tool for jump-starting your low carb weight loss. Dana details strategies for incorporating the Fat Fast into your long-term Low Carb diet plans. Easy to Find Ingredients For Your Fat Fast Recipes: We include a list of easy-to-find foods and ingredients you’ll need for your Fat Fast recipes whether you purchase them in your local supermarket or online. What Is Nutritional Ketosis and Why is It Important written by Jimmy Moore: Jimmy Moore, the Low Carb Community’s #1 Blogger, Podcaster and Low Carb Diet expert describes Nutritional Ketosis, how it works and how it helped him jump-start his low carb weight loss and help him lose over 60 pounds! A sample of the quick and easy-to-prepare Low Carb / High Fat recipes Yogurt Parfait Fat Fast Recipe Boursin Stuffed Mushrooms Yogurt Parfait Jalapeno Poppers Fettuccine with Pancetta Cream Chocolate Peanut Butter Bombs Fat Fast Mac-and-Cheese Mocha Mascarpone Mousse Coconut Flax Bread Sweet-and-Tangy Macaroni Salad Coco Cocoa Fat Bombs Butter-Roasted Pecans Asparagus with Wasabi Mayonnaise Salmon Bisque

Low-fat or low-carb? A recent New York Times Magazine (July 7, 2002) cover story answered this question and said that Dr. Atkins was right all along, "its not fat that makes us fat but carbohydrates." Though the government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in research trying to prove that fat is the cause of obesity, there has been a subtle shift in the scientific consensus over the past five years supporting what the low-carb diet doctors have been saying all along: if we eat less carbohydrates, we will lose weight and live longer. One of the toughest challenges of any diet is having enough variety and choices to keep the dieter from losing interest. The most common reason that people abandon their diet is boredom but 500 LOW CARB RECIPES: 500 Recipes, From Snacks to Dessert, That the Whole Family Will Love by Dana Carpender has more than enough recipes to keep even the most finicky dieter on track. With recipes for everything including hors dÆoeuvres, snacks, breads, muffins, side dishes, entrees, cookies, cakes and much more, this is an endless supply for creating meals for the whole family night after night. Whether everyone in the family is on a diet or not, these recipes are proven winners with adults and kids alike. Also included: Many one-dish meals for single people--main dish salads, skillet suppers that include meat and vegetables, and hearty soups that are a full meal in a bowl. Ideas for breaking out of old ways of looking at food with suggestions that save time and money and change what is considered a normal meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Information about where to find low-carbohydrate specialty products and descriptions of low-carb specialty foods found in grocery stores everywhere. An entire chapter that lists and describes low-carb substitute ingredients such as fats and oils, flour substitutes, liquids, seasonings and sweeteners. Dieters will be pleased to know that they can eat foods like guacamole, omelets, pizza, steak, ham and dessert without giving up great taste and still lose weight. There are enough recipes to create the perfect menu for any holiday of the year--including Thanksgiving. Each of the 500 recipes includes a carbohydrate count to help calculate the total carb intake of each menu. There are more recipes for main dishes and side dishes than most low-carb dieters will ever be able to eat--everything from down-home cooking to ethnic fare; from quick-and-easy weeknight meals to knock-their-socks off party food. 500 LOW CARB RECIPES is the last cookbook any dieter will ever need to buy and certain to be used until the binding is worn out!

DIVAh, the wonders of a slow cooker. After a long, hard day you can walk in the door and the aroma of a hot, home-cooked meal fills the air. You don't have to do that fast tango from fridge to pantry to stove and back again. It's nearly as good as having a personal chef! But for the low-carb dieter, traditional slow cooker recipes can be a problem. Many of them depend on potatoes, noodles, rice, and starchy canned soups. And if you've tried to make up your own slow cooker recipes, you may have found the results less than compelling—too often the food can be mushy, water-logged, and bland. Fortunately, with 300 Low-Carb Slow Cooker Recipes, you can use your slow cooker and follow your low-carb diet, too! This new, expanded version contains 100 new recipes from Dana's healthy and delicious kitchen. Come home to: Tuscan Chicken Kashmiri Lamb Shanks Teriyaki-Tangerine Ribs Chicken Minestrone Orange Rosemary Pork Chipotle Brisket Firehouse Chili Thai Chicken Bowls Braised Pork with Fennel Pizza Stew Morty's Mixed Meat Loaf Low-Carb Slow Cooker Paella But that's not all! The gentle, even heat of a slow cooker makes it the perfect way to cook many different kinds of foods. You'll make low-carb party treats like Hot Crab Dip and Glazed Chicken Wings, and snacks like Smokin' Chili Peanuts and Curried Pecans. It's the superior way to cook incredible sugar-free desserts like Mochaccino Cheesecake and Maple-Pumpkin Custard. And you've never had moister, more tender seafood than my Lime-Basted Scallops or Lemon-Mustard Salmon Steaks. Plus, every recipe lists the calories, protein, fiber, and usable carbs per serving, so you'll not only be in control of your life and your time, you'll be in control of your diet as well. So go ahead, plug in your slow cooker, and look forward to coming home to a fabulous low-carb supper tonight with Dana Carpender's new and expanded 300 Low-Carb Slow Cooker Recipes! /div

The latest research shows that controlling calories is consistently the most successful weight loss method. Of course, counting calories is nothing new. But only 15 percent of us know how many calories we should eat to maintain a healthy weight. Most of us don't know how many calories are in the foods we eat. And most of us don't really want to have to count calories. 400 Calorie Fix makes it easy to spot and control calories, with no banned ingredients, no magic foods, and no complicated rules. Readers learn how to eat with the 400 calorie "lens"--the essential tool they need to assess portion sizes for all types of food at a glance.

The best-selling authors of It Starts With Food outline a scientifically based, step-by-step guide to weight loss that explains how to change one's relationship with food for better habits, improved digestion and a stronger immune system. 150,000 first printing.

How I Gave Up My Low Fat Diet and Lost Forty Pounds! is a breezy, chatty, non-technical, fun-to-read explanation of low carbohydrate dieting -- why it works, the surprising health benefits, and most importantly, how to "do" the diet. Or, rather, diets,since the book details three very different main approaches to controlling carbohydrates (including the Basic Low Carb Diet, similar to Atkins or Protein Power, and the Mini-Binge Diet, popularized as The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet), plus several variations, finally summing up the basic principles which tie them all together. The point is to give the reader the tools necessary to construct a new way of eating that will fit his or her body, psyche, and lifestyle, thus allowing them to stay slim, energetic, and healthy for life.